PorchFest.info
Porchfests are events where various neighborhoods setup porches and bands for afternoons of music! Audiences can stroll from block to block, taking in the local sounds.
Porchfests got started in Ithaca NY, and they have a List of All Known Porchfests
Here are some in New England: ros
New England 2025 Porchfests:
| May 10 | Somerville |
| May 17 | Watertown |
| May 31 | Malden |
| May 31 | South Boston |
| June 7 | Franklin |
| June 7 | Medford |
| June 7 | Newton |
| June 7 | Providence |
| June 14 | Dorchester |
| June 14 | West Concord |
| June 14 | Winchester |
| June 21 | Fenway |
| June 21 | Arlington |
| June 21 | Dedham |
| June 28 | Reading |
| June 28 | Quincy |
| July 13 | Shelburne Falls |
| July 17 | Cambridge |
| Aug 16 | Jamaica Plain |
| Aug 23 | Wellfleet |
| Sep 6 | Belmont |
| Sep 6 | Stoneham |
| Sep 6 | Wakefield |
| Sep 13 | Hull |
| Sep 13 | Roslindale |
| Sep 13 | Plum Island |
| Sep 20 | Milton |
| Sep 27 | Medway |
| Sep 27 | Lexington |
| Sep 27 | Brookline |
| Oct 11 | Woburn |
| Magnolia | |
| North Falmouth | |
| Ashland/Hopkinton | |
| Sharon | |
| Swampscott | |
| Walpole | |
| Melrose | |
| Natick | |
| Easthampton | |
| Sandwich | |
| Maynard |
Porchfest.info created and runs the websites for nine of these events (Medford, Fenway, JP, Melrose, Newton, Belmont, Dedham, Natick, Ashland/Hopkinton) and has consulted on several others, most notably creating the Somerville main map page. The core websites handle online signup, provide advanced scheduling tools for admins, and host the resulting map and schedule sites in a robust, scalable way to handle the crush of event-day traffic, and include abilities for the generation of print materials.
Feel free to contact me ( kirkjerk at gmail dot com ) if you want your porchfest on this list, or if you'd be interesting in using yourneighborhood.porchfest.info as your site.
Here's a page on collaborating with me on setting up your own porchfest website. .
Thanks to Robert B, Ike A, Jeff W et al for help tracking area Porchfests!